I hate to say it but I think this ones going to come down to pilot error Airspeed Airspeed Airspeed. 130 knots with "significant Ice" too slow hanging out in the shiz. But I would love to know is if she is such a bad airplane as some on here proclaim and would have it grounded, why ain't these things falling out of the sky in bad Ice wich they fly in everyday. I hate to Sunday morning quarterback but some on here need a solid smack up side the head regarding turbo props and operating in Ice its an everyday thing where im from where you got 10 months of Winter and 2 months bad Sledding (snowmobiling)
Just because the Dash doesn't have the shiny metal appeal of a jet doesn't mean she should grounded or labeled unsafe. Aww did some of you get passed up for the jet jobs, but think you deserve a jet because your bars are the shineyeist in the terminal.
she is a hell of a performer with plenty of balls to get out of the Ice.
Bombardier Aerospace announced that its new Q400 airliner established turboprop time-to-climb records in three flights from Davis Airfield in Muskogee, Oklahoma. The records have been submitted to the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale in Paris, France, for validation. The records cover time to three altitudes in three different weight categories. The Q400 climbed to 3,000, 6,000 and 9,000 metres (9,843, 19,685 and 29,527 feet) in each weight category, including one flight in the "unlimited weight" category to 9,000 m. The records claimed for flights to 9,000 m include: C1i weight class, 16,000 to 20,000 kg (35,274 to 44,092 pounds), seven minutes, two seconds, or 59 seconds faster than the eight minutes, one second established by the Saab 2000 in 1993. C1j weight class, 20,000 to 25,000 kg (44,092 to 55,115 pounds), eight minutes, 21 seconds, or three minutes, four seconds faster than the previous record of 11 minutes, 25 seconds held by the Grumman E2C Hawkeye military aircraft. C1k weight class, 25,000 to 35,000 kg (55,115 to 77,161 pounds), 11 minutes, 41 seconds. There was no current record in this category.
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